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The new station for Volk’s Railway on Brighton seafront was due to be lowered into place by crane today but wind delayed the move. The Aquarium Station was sat – in three modular blocks – waiting for the wind to die down so that they could be placed on their foundations near the...

The battle to stop retirement flats from being built in a flood-prone part of Patcham has come to an end – for now. A planning appeal, held over three days at Brighton Town Hall, finished today (Thursday 15 June) with McCarthy and Stone arguing that Brighton and Hove Ci...

Brighton Kemptown’s new MP has demanded fire service inspections for every tower block in the next week. Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle said that the checks were vital to reassure high-rise residents who he says are currently unable to sleep at night in the wake of the Grenfell...

Lewes Road has been closed by the Level this afternoon as three trees infected with Dutch Elm Disease are felled. Notices were put up on the three trees warning of the infection earlier this week.

A popular Brighton restaurant has suddenly closed after its owner decided not to renew the lease following months of reduced trade during the Southern Rail debacle. Jamie Everton-Jones started 24 St George’s four years ago, and in that time it built a great reputation and a...

Brighton and Hove tower block residents are being urged to stick with the stay put policy in the wake of the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in Kensington yesterday morning (Wednesday 14 June). Seventeen people are now confirmed to have died in the Grenfell block tragedy, with...

An unexploded mortar bomb whose controlled detonation could be heard across large areas of Brighton last night was found by a dog walker yesterday afternoon. The small World War Two device was discovered in Norwich Drive, Bevendean, at about 5.30pm last night. The army’s...

The family of a young Brighton man who died after a freak accident while fixing his stepbrother’s computer say they are mourning their “rock”. Aron Duplock, 25, died on Saturday, June 3, after plugging the computer he had been working on back in at his...